The Wigan Kebab
TAKE a meat-and-potato pie. Slap it between two buttered halves of a barm cake (aka bap, teacake, stotty, roll or muffin). Et voilà, you’re about to eat a Wigan kebab. This defiantly unhealthy … Continue readingThe Wigan Kebab
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The Rumour: Frozen Years
Following on from yesterday’s Graham Parker clip, here are the Rumour on their own with a song from their awesomely politically correct 1979 LP Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs and Krauts. A … Continue readingThe Rumour: Frozen Years
Graham Parker and the Rumour: Hold Back The Night
Graham Parker was never one of my favourite singers but the Rumour included the great Brinsley Schwarz on guitar and Bob Andrews on keyboards. This is a live clip from … Continue readingGraham Parker and the Rumour: Hold Back The Night
P J Proby: Together
This was written in 1928 with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Buddy G DeSylva and Lew Brown. It’s been recorded many times and here is one of the … Continue readingP J Proby: Together
John Fogerty/ZZ Top: Sharp Dressed Man
Can 19million YouTube viewers be wrong? Give the first 2.50 a miss though.
Farewell to the edge of the world
EARLY in the morning of August 29, 1930, 92 years ago tomorrow, a way of life came to an end after at least 2,000 years. The last 36 residents of … Continue readingFarewell to the edge of the world
Ramones: Blitzkrieg Bop, Addams Family version
Irresistible. Whoever created this video is a genius,
Brian Eno: There Were Bells
A preview of his next album Foreverandevernomore, released in October. I am used to hearing Brian’s voice on his pop/rock records but here it combines with his ambient work. Not … Continue readingBrian Eno: There Were Bells
Denison Witmer: Lancaster County
I would have preferred an ode to Lancashire county but this is very sweet all the same.
The Beach Boys: Help Me Rhonda
This was written by Brian Wilson with additional lyrics by Mike Love. It was first released on the group’s 1965 album The Beach Boys Today! (with the name spelled Ronda). It was … Continue readingThe Beach Boys: Help Me Rhonda